There are new options, new toggles within the Control Centre, new emojis, and an app to customize the Apple Vision Pro options as a part of the replace.
iOS 18.4 Update for iPhone: Availability
Apple says iOS 18.4 replace expands Apple Intelligence options to incorporate help for Chinese (Simplified), English (India, Singapore), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese (Brazil) and Spanish languages. Thus, iPhone customers in India can now acquire entry to the AI options with out having to vary the system language.
iOS 18.4 Update for iPhone: Features
A key new addition with the replace is the help for Visual Intelligence on the iPhone 15 Pro fashions. Initially launched with the iPhone 16 fashions in September, it’s a visible lookup device which leverages Apple Intelligence to assist customers find out about objects and locations immediately. It can summarise textual content, translate it between languages, and detect telephone numbers or e-mail addresses and add them to contacts. Further, customers also can allow internet search to lookup a product they like, remedy a math equation, or just ask ChatGPTÂ to supply extra info.
While this function takes benefit of the brand new Camera Control button on the iPhone 16 lineup, iPhone 15 Pro customers might be able to toggle it by way of the Action button and a devoted Control Centre toggle.
Building upon the earlier announcement, the iOS 18.4 replace introduces an Apple Vision Pro app for iPhone. It allows customers to obtain apps and video games for the Vision Pro by way of the App Store, uncover movies and exhibits tailor-made for the blended actuality (MR) headset, get suggestions, and entry different info. There’s additionally a brand new function which Apple calls Review Summaries. As the title suggests, it compiles info from particular person evaluations left by customers on an app or a sport on the App Store to create a complete abstract, enabling others to shortly get an concept in regards to the app with out having to scroll via your complete record.
Another addition is the brand new toggles for 2 present functionalities — discuss to Siri and Visual Intelligence. Meanwhile, the corporate additionally introduces an Ambient mode toggle which allows customers to play ambient soundscapes within the background. With iOS 18.4, the Apple News+ app exhibits recipes from international recipe publishers together with a list which they’ll flick through to search out the proper dish. The Image Playground app now offers Sketch as an extra model possibility alongside animation and illustration.
